DCS press release (MB)

Mangalore, Aug 29: Lourdes Central School and Sharada Vidyalaya of Mangalore made an impressive debut in Under 14 category in CBSE South Zone Chess Championship held in Modern Senior Secondary School, Nanganallur, Chennai from August 21 to 25.

In aggregate both the teams scored 16 points (out of 28) each in 7 rounds and were placed 9th and 11th respectively.Both the teams fell short by 1 points to finish within top 6 which would have enabled them to
take part in CBSE Nationals.

Adith Jagadish being awarded by Kameshwaran, International Arbiter (also vice president TNCA)

Adith Jagadish, 12-year-old chess prodigy from Derik's Chess School, leading the Lourdes team, scored unbeaten 6.5 points in top board. He was awarded individual 2nd prize for top board. First prize was bagged by Ajay Srikanth of Jawahar Vidyalaya Chennai.

In all 39 Under 14 teams and 31 Under 19 teams from the States of AP,TN, Kerala, Pondicheri and Karnataka had taken part in the event.

Lourdes team was comprised of Adith Jagadish(Captain), Nihal Manjunath, Anuj D'souza and Anvitha J (players); Preeatham Kumar(Team manager). Sharada Vidyalaya team was comprised of Prem Appachu, Anantharam RU, Avinash RU (Captain), Shivashankar Somayaji (players); Srinivas (Team Manager); both the teams were accompanied by renowned coach Prasanna Rao.